Smurfit-Stone

The firm as cocounsel represented the creditors’ committee of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation in its chapter 11 bankruptcy case in Delaware. Smurfit-Stone is one of the leading integrated manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging in North America and one of the world’s largest paper recyclers. Through the firm’s efforts, it was able to assist in negotiating a distribution of new common stock in the reorganized company that provided significant value to unsecured creditors.